But for Trump and his supporters, all this is overblown. It’s NATO’s eastward expansion that provoked Russian aggression, Trump said just days before his inauguration this year. And anyway, Russia doesn’t have the capacity to strike against a NATO country beyond Ukraine. “I don’t believe for a second Russia is going to advance a war…
The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party has a 103-year winning streak in Wales, but that could end next May. POLITICO talked to officials, politicians and disillusioned steelworkers to track the rapid rise of Farage’s Reform UK. Feb 25 23 mins read Source link
The year 2024 ended with a new frontier in the global tech race of quantum supremacy. The United States and China each announced ground-breaking advancements in quantum computing with the development of Willow and Tianyan-504, respectively. As these tech rivals push the boundaries of quantum computing, the critical question arises: what new possibilities will this…
Speaking in a televised interview after convening a meeting on development of the rare earth metals industry on Monday, Putin said Ukraine’s potential critical minerals deal with the U.S. “does not concern us” — but claimed Moscow had more to offer Trump than Kyiv did. “We would be ready to cooperate with our American partners…
The results from Germany’s most consequential election in a generation are still coming in, but Friedrich Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU is projected to win the biggest share of the vote and the most seats in the new Bundestag. In a post on social media — written entirely in capital letters — Trump did not mention either…
The Kremlin said earlier this week that a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump was possible as early as this month, according to media reports. Moscow and Washington have already held talks in Saudi Arabia to discuss the war in Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, without any European leaders…
1. Picking up the phone: Almost three years after Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Trump decided it was time to re-establish direct contact between the president of the United States and Putin, a leader facing U.S. and EU sanctions, as well as an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for crimes against humanity…
A woman in China has invented a clever and straightforward method using a rope and a large piece of cloth to create a tent over her hotel bed, aiming to shield herself from potential hidden cameras. Her innovative approach has sparked a discussion about privacy concerns in hotels. The woman, known by her surname Dang…
But they said the administration said they won’t “get ahead” of itself. POLITICO asked Starmer on a trip to Kyiv last month if he’d commit to a vote on any British peacekeepers. He declined to give such a commitment. ‘United front’ MPs from Westminster’s opposition parties are demanding parliament’s involvement, too. “We support the prime…
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Donald Trump spoke on the phone minutes before Macron greeted European dignitaries who had gathered to discuss security in Paris. The French president’s office said the “frank conversation” lasted 20 minutes. The call came as European leaders are scrambling to come up with a unified…